Chapter 127: Gambino's Friendship
This is Ginza, where there are many high-rise buildings and a lot of traffic. The bustling crowd is like a tidal wave. Neon glittering, resplendent gold.
In the darkness of the night, well-dressed men and women indulge themselves in this world-famous bustling capital. The endless, almost endless glittering lights transform the dim night into a radiant paradise.
It's just that there is endless darkness in this drunken gold cave with bright lights. Beneath the prosperity of Ginza lies an infinite indifference.
The promise of getting out of the taxi waved his hand and refused the courtesy of the well-dressed and revealing girls. Just calmly watching everything in this confused place. He took out a cigarette and lit it, promising to walk towards a 24-hour restaurant around the corner.
After a hearty supper, he got up and went to the cash register, "Is there a bathroom?" ”
"Go straight this way." The schoolgirls who work here salute respectfully and show the way to the promise.
There is no doubt that Japan is a world where money is everything. There are countless girls here who willingly sell everything for money. However, there are also many who are willing to make money through their own work. Most of these students who work in various places are like this.
"Thank you." Promise chuckled and nodded, then walked to the bathroom.
"This is it." There was no one in the small bathroom. After all, it's late at night, and although there are a lot of people here in Ginza, most of them are in various places of consumption at the moment, and there are really not many people who come here to eat at this time.
The air seemed to condense, and after a strange spatial distortion, the promised figure had disappeared.
"Sister." Promise raised his sleeve to cover his nose, and a stream of crimson blood gradually bloomed on the dark blue sleeve.
"It's still not good for physical fitness." The voice of the ring made Xu very dissatisfied: "My body is not good?" Whose line is that? ”
"Clark. Kent is physically fit enough to support him in continuous, long-distance teleportation. The words of the ring immediately made the promise speechless, this is not a level of contrast at all, right.
At this time, the promise was already in the vault of the Daiichi Bank of Tokyo. Although the surroundings are very dim, it is difficult to resist the promise of super vision. Because he wanted to make room for gold in the storage space, he wiped off his nosebleed, and took out his phone in his pocket to turn on the lights. Then he saw the little mountain of gold.
It was a small mountain of gold stacked with heavy nuggets, worth billions of dollars.
Inside this vault are rows of thick safes. Promise to know that these safes contain a number of valuables of high value. It's just that he can't open these unusually sturdy safes. Although his strength is strong, he is not yet strong enough to tear open the alloy safe with his bare hands.
Promise's eyes shone brightly, and he clapped his hands and walked towards the little gold mountain.
The vault is located more than 10 meters underground, and is made of alloy steel tens of centimeters thick on all sides. The only entrance and exit gate is impossible to open without a one-time password and a special key.
And the gate has a timing device, and it can't be started at all until the time. It's completely safe, and there aren't any alarms in there.
Early the next morning, the duty manager who came to work, accompanied by the guards, got the key from the security room, and got the dynamic password from the core computer room, and then went to the vault to open the door to start the day's work.
"Woo~~~~" It didn't take long for the manager and guards on duty to enter the vault and the shrill sirens sounded.
A large number of police officers and journalists roared to the bank's headquarters. The vaults of these large banks are connected to the security system of the local police station, and once the alarm is sounded, it is impossible to hide it.
What's more, this is a joint-stock bank, and the staff cannot keep it a secret from their shareholders. After all, more than ten tons of high-purity gold were stolen this time!
Ideally, a cubic metre of space could be filled with 19.3 tonnes of gold. But this promise ended up being just over seventeen tons of gold. According to the current international market, this gold is worth about 47 million US dollars per ton, and 17 tons is 800 million US dollars!
That's a staggering number. The theft of so much gold from Dai-ichi Bank of Tokyo has alarmed countless people. Not to mention the collapse of its stock price, this incident has hit it very hard in all aspects.
The police who are pursuing the case have no idea what is going on. There was not the slightest trace of passivity outside, neither the surveillance nor the night guards found anything. It is simply impossible to open a thick, manometer and timer door without a code and key.
And all the walls around it have been carefully inspected, and there is no sign of it being opened. However, the gold was indeed more than ten tons missing, and there were indeed signs of human activity in the vault. But I couldn't find any clues.
This bizarre theft case of a huge amount of money has alarmed many people, and many forces, including intelligence services, have been involved in the investigation. Unfortunately, no one has been able to find any useful clues.
As a result of the theft, the president of the Daiichi Bank of Tokyo and other senior executives resigned and took responsibility. The collapse of the stock price and the evacuation of many bigwigs with valuables in the vaults took their belongings.
The entire Dai-ichi Tokyo Bank was hit like never before, and the losses were extremely heavy. It is impossible to think about returning to the ranks of first-rate banks for at least 10 years.
In fact, in addition to its large gold reserves, another important reason why Promise sought out this century-old store was that the predecessor of this bank, the Chiba Savings Bank, had carried out large-scale illegal activities in China during the war decades ago.
A large part of the reason why Daiichi Bank of Tokyo was able to rise from an ordinary bank to one of the best banks in Japan is that its original accumulation was stained with Chinese blood!
"Sir, if you have any needs, our bank will be happy to serve you." Two days later, he went to the stormy bank to retrieve the diamonds he had deposited here. The haggard manager on duty respectfully promised to go out, and looked sincere in an attempt to win back a potential large customer.
It's a pity that although Xu Promise admires the duty manager's hard work and dedication to his company, he has no love for the country.
"I'll think about it." Xu promised to raise his hand and put on sunglasses, hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled indifferently, "Thank you for your service, I am very satisfied." ”
After getting into the hotel's car, he promised to "go to the airport." ”――
I got a lot of money in Tokyo, and I was promised to go to the airport, but I boarded a flight to LA.
Although he had visited the City of Angels many times during the mission world, this was the first time he had been here in the real world.
The world-famous Hollywood, the Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills, and other attractions promised not to go because he didn't come here for tourism.
Although he got a lot of gold, he promised that he couldn't just take it out and throw it in the bank to exchange for money. Not only because the gold bricks have special marks on them, but more importantly, the promise can't explain where his wealth came from.
Therefore, Promise needed someone who could help him convert this gold into wealth that could be used legally. That is, the one who can help him launder the gold.
And this person is not difficult to find, when he participated in the competition in Seoul to earn his first pot of gold, as his recommendation was the godfather of California, Cahill's brother-in-law Gambino.
"Xu, long time no see!" In a wine estate outside Los Angeles, Gambino, who had an amiable face and was full of love in his originally sharp eyes, wore a white scarf around his neck, quickly greeted the promise who had just gotten off a heavy truck, and opened his arms to give him a big hug.
"Long time no see." Xu Promise chuckled and patted Gambino's shoulder as if he had seen an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, "How are you doing?" ”
"Very well, my friend." Gambino took the promised arm and motioned to him to walk down the tree-lined path inside the winery, "Do we need a drink?" Here are the best Cabernet Sauvignons. ”
"Thank you for your hospitality." Xu Promise chuckled and nodded, "But I've already booked my ticket, I'm afraid I won't have time to taste the taste of wine with you." ”
"It's a shame." Gambino shook his head slightly, "When you leave, I'll have someone load two cases of wine here and put them in your car." Never be polite to me, my friend. ”
"Okay." Promise nodded, "Then it's disrespectful." ”
The two of them were walking down a tree-lined path in the bright California sunshine, surrounded by guards in sunglasses. It was only then that Gambino let go of Promise's arms and put his hands behind his back, "I heard Cahill say that you have a shipment that you want to sell?" ”
"Yes." Xu Promise raised his head to look at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the tree-lined path, and replied softly, "I have some gold to exchange for real and reasonable income, and I hope you can help." ”
"My friend." After officially starting to talk about business, Gambino's expression suddenly changed completely. The look in his eyes was as sharp as a falcon, "Perhaps you should know that we want to single-handedly prove your assets through various offshore companies to carry out large-scale operations, carry out various investment plans in your name, and also promote their successful profits, so that your rapid wealth has a legitimate source basis." Wash now. Money comes at a great cost. ”
"How much does it cost?" There is no pretentiousness in the promise, and it goes straight to the core of the problem.
Gambino lifted his well-maintained hand, with its large ruby ring, and spread his five fingers wide.
"Fifty percent!" (To be continued.) )